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V-283450CAT I — High severitySV-283450r1188541_rule

OL 8 IP tunnels must use FIPS 140-3-approved cryptographic algorithms.

Rule version OL08-00-010186 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

Overriding the system crypto policy makes the behavior of the Libreswan service violate expectations, and makes system configuration more fragmented.

Check

Verify the IPsec service uses the system crypto policy with the following command:

Note: If the IPsec service is not installed, this is not applicable.

$ sudo grep include /etc/ipsec.conf /etc/ipsec.d/*.conf /etc/ipsec.conf:include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config

If the IPsec configuration file does not contain "include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure Libreswan to use the system cryptographic policy.

Add the following line to "/etc/ipsec.conf":

include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config

Identifiers

Group ID
V-283450
Group title
SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014
Rule ID
SV-283450r1188541_rule
Check ID
C-88015r1188540_chk
Fix ID
F-87920r1188427_fix